A friend and I were talking about the Black Lives Matter movement. I'm a white female from a middle class family who was raised in the South, so my understanding of the movement was admittedly narrow. My friend is of black and Hispanic background, so what she said to me was, "Saying that black lives matter doesn't mean the rest of lives don't matter. It's the same concept as having a fundraiser for breast cancer. Specifying breast cancer doesn't mean all the other cancers don't also suck, but you're helping raise funds for one you feel needs additional help."

Having the BLM movement explained to me that way by someone who has lived with the repercussions of racism in America helped me understand it more and ultimately support the movement.

This will likely get buried, but I put my coffee creamer in BEFORE I pour the coffee. It automatically mixes without having to use a stirrer, and it's more evenly mixed than adding cream after the coffee and not stirring it.

I finished the book yesterday. It's different than what I was expecting, but I still loved it! I definitely had some legitimate laugh-out-loud moments and others where I was like "wtf?!". I'm very pleased with it!

I believe we ended up spending around $70-$80 including shipping. From emailing the author it sounds like he's making absolutely zero sales and has a whole bunch of physical copies hanging out in a warehouse. So I'd be surprised if he wouldn't make the same deal with you if you email him and ask, because otherwise he's just losing money trying to store all of them.

On another note, I finished the novel yesterday and it was very good! The price is a little steep but the story was fun, so I'm glad I was able to get a physical copy. Best of luck to you!

I'm kind of in the same boat as you at the moment! I received it yesterday in the mail and I haven't cracked it open to start reading it yet. I included a couple pictures in response to u/the_light_of_dawn that may help answer your text question. I'm hoping the story delivers on the art because it looks INCREDIBLE.

And here's a sneak peek of a randomly selected page towards the middle of the novel. I only received it yesterday so I haven't actually started reading it yet. Hopefully this page doesn't have any spoilers, but my potato-quality phone camera will help maintain the mystery, haha: https://imgur.com/gallery/0Kz0X

I get my hair cut roughly every 6 months, so ~1 year ago I was:
- Healing from ending my year-long engagement due to dishonesty and realizing I wouldn't be able to get hardly any money refunded due to short-notice of cancellation (2 months).
- Working through the mess that was my parents' divorce after 25+ years of marriage and two (now) adult children.
-Working through trust issues initiated by my father's infidelity and my (now) ex-fiance's blatant dishonesty.
- Handling all of these rampant emotions while living 1,000+ miles away from all of my family and friends while working on my masters degree.

However, those 2 subsequent haircuts must've been magic because now I:
- Don't ever think about my ex and the pain he caused me.
- Am closer with my mom and have gotten to witness her blossom into a vibrant, independent woman defined by nobody but herself.
- Am actively trying to amend long-standing issues with my father and learning to accept him for who he is and not who I think he should be.
- Graduated this past May with my masters degree.
- Found the person I was meant to be with all along...I just had to move over 1,000 miles away from home to find him :)

TL;DR: Since apparently haircuts induce massive life-change, I'm not gonna ever cut my hair again because I like my life how it is now vs. 2 haircuts ago.

Thank you for your help! My boyfriend ended up contacting the author and he said his distributor went out of business, so that's partially why it's so difficult obtaining the novel. But he seems like a nice guy so hopefully he'll let me buy one off of him.

Hey! Thank you SO MUCH for your detective work! My boyfriend actually ended up emailing the author and he responded saying his distributor went out of business and that's partially why it's hard to get hands on it. The author seems like a cool dude so maybe he'll let me buy one from him :)

I agree with you. The sum of all the elements leading up to this is what made it such a crazy situation. Had I sat elsewhere in the circle, brought a different Halloween-related item (I have plenty so it wouldn't have been hard), had they not been so willing to share their experiences, etc. Just a streak of bad luck for me, haha